Notícies

  • German Television Report Features Interview with TRADITOM Coordinator

    Why have tomatoes lost their traditional taste? German public broadcaster ZDF has recently published a TV report explaining the TRADITOM approach of restoring traditional tomato crops. The reporter outlines how genetic modifications have contributed to the unintended loss of taste in modern tomato varieties while the audience is provided with a vivid impression of the project consortium’s lab...
  • TRADITOM Project Right On Track

    The first official TRADITOM Progress Report has now been approved by the European Commission. The report shows that the TRADITOM consortium has made significant progress in reaching the overall goals of the project and in addressing all of its objectives. The consortium reaches beyond what had been planned and is eager to enter the second phase of the project lifetime. The full publishable...
  • From January 14th to 18th it’s all about genomes

    To start the year on a high, TRADITOM coordinator Antonio Granell (CSIC) will present the project at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference during a workshop session on Solanaceae genomics held on Sunday 15th of January. His talk is titled “Digging in the European Tomato Variability Pool (TRADITOM)”. Besides Toni, also TRADITOM partners Giovanni Giuliano (ENEA), Alisdair Fernie (MPIMP) and...
  • TRADITOM Review Meeting in Brussels

    On November 10, 2016, the TRADITOM Consortium met up in Brussels to present the progress of the project to EC Officer Isabelle Van Borm and Reviewer Māra Bleidere. In dedicated work package (WP) presentations, the WP leaders summed up their achievements in the project thus far and outlined the work that still needs to be done. The consortium entered a fruitful dialogue with their guests and...
  • Tomato and grape under discussion in Portugal

    Fourth Annual Meeting of the COST Action QUALITY FRUIT 2016 in Porto